Reuters: Science News: Will.i.am song blasts to Mars and back, via Curiosity

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Will.i.am song blasts to Mars and back, via Curiosity Aug 28th 2012, 01:43 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive Wed, Aug 22 2012 New NASA lander to help scientists study how Mars formed Mon, Aug 20 2012 UPDATE 1-NASA's science rover Curiosity zaps first Martian rock Sun, Aug 19 2012 After Curiosity, uncertainty lingers on NASA's Mars program Mon, Aug 13 2012 Obama lauds NASA for Mars landing, pledges continued investment Mon, Aug 13 2012 Analysis & Opinion Eyewitness to planetary history Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » Science » Music » Handout image courtesy of NASA shows tracks left by the Curiosity rover on Mars August 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/NASA/JPL/Handout LOS ANGELES | Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:43pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA's Curiosity rover is making global headlines as it travels uncharted territory on Mars, and it will venture into new realms back on Earth this week when it premieres a new will.i.am song. The Black Eyed Peas rapper's tune "Reach For The Stars" will be broadcast live from the surface of Mars, via Curiosity, at 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EDT/2000 GMT) on Tuesday to a news conference at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the organization said in a statement on Monday. The debut of the song, described as an ode to the singer's "passion for science, technology and space exploration," will be linked to an educational event in which members of the Curiosity team will explain the song's transmission across space to students, as well as the rover's overall mission. The project is a collaboration between NASA and the rapper's i.am.angel Foundation, which aims to provide digital resources in classrooms from kindergarten to grade 12. The foundation will announce a new science, technology, arts, engineering and mathematics initiative featuring the Mars Curiosity Rover and other NASA assets. (Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Todd Eastham) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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